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J.-H. NOONAN. PLAYING CARDS.

-' APPLICATION FILED SEPT-8.1994.

PATENTED MAR. 27, 1906.

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.PLAYING-- Specification of Application led September To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that LJAMEs HARRISON Noo- NAN`,`a citizen of the United States, residing at SanlDiego, in the county ofy San Diego and State of California, have invented certain new and useful. Im rovements in Playing- Cards; and `I dov dec are the following to'be a full,y clear, and exact description. of the invention,.such as will enable Othersl skilled'in the art to whichitappertains to make and use the'same. n,

My invention relates to card games yof that character designedto impartinformation of a historical and political nature and at the same time to amuse, entertain, and engage the players in acontest involving the election of'can'didates of their own choice forthe Presidency and Vice-Presidency.

A One. ofthe principal objects of myinvention is to provide a card game in which-the players are called upon to display political judgment of a character similar to that' reuiredV of delegates in nationalconventions or e ectors in the electoral college and at the same time to render the game sufficiently complexto hold the interest of the players to the election of the candidate of their choice.

To this end my invention consists Yof a pack of two hundred and eight cards, divided into four sets, each set comprising fifty-two cards, and each card representing a State or Territory of the Union.

To better explain the arrangement and use of the cards, reference may be had to the accompanying drawings ,'in which- Figure 1. illustrates acard to be known as an eagle card, to be hereinafter referred to. Fi 2 shows the face `of a flag7 card. Fig. 3 iIlustrates a banner card. Fig.'4 shows a star card, and Fig. 5 illustrates a letter- .block which forms one of the accessories to the ame.

T e two hundred and eight cards of a full pack being divided into four sets of fifty-two cards each provides a number sufficiently to accommodate several players. Each one of the fifty-two cards contains the name of a State or Territory, the District of Columbia and the unorga'nized Indian Territory'being added to the States andTerritories to make up the complement-iifty-two cards.

1 By referring to the accompanying drawva ues, it will be seen that Fig. 1 contains at the top the name of John Sherman. Under this name is an eagle within a circle conings, which'represent four cards of Ifferent CARDS.:

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the names'of James A. Gariield, William Mc- Kinley, and Allan G. Thurman. Within acircular border below these names are thewords Ohio-twenty-three electors. From this card it will be understood'that this is the Ohio eagle card No. 1. eagle cards will contain the same subjectmatter, but the names will be transposed on each card, so that each one of the names ywill appear atthe top of one card in the series.

' Fig. 2 illustrates one of the North Dakota cards, ilag `card No.. 9, and contains four names of representative men from that State, together With the number of electors and Subect-matter corresponding to that given in Fig. 3 represents the face of the Illinois banner card No. 1, and Fig. 4 indicatesv the face of Maine star card No.

In. each set of fifty-two cards there are thirteen eagle cards, thirteen flag cards, thirteen banner cards, and thirteen. star cards'. Each 1 to 13,'While each of theag cards, banner cards, and star cards is numbered in like manner, the'purpose of which is to aid the order to complete'his hand in playing the game. The purpose of deiining thecards as eaglef flag, &c., is to give av sufficient number of cards to permit several players to participate in the game and to give a certain variation in values to said cards. The States selected as the eagle States are those in which the entire set of thirteen cards will represent one hundred and twenty-five electors when added together. The same system is also applied to the flag States, the banner States, and the star States. .To illustrate this system- The Eagle States.

23 electors. i

18 electors.

taining the numeral 1. Below the circle are The other three Ohio of the eagle cards is numbered serially from' player in determining what eardto. call forin No. 3, Georgia 13 electors. No. 4, North Carolina 12 electors. No. 5, Alabama. 11 electors. No. 6, Kansas... 10 electors. No. 7, California 10 electors. No. 8, Louisiana 9 electors. No. 9, Washington.- 5 electors. No. l0, Florida. 5 electors. No. 11, Idaho 3 electors. No. 12, Alaska 3 delegates. No. 13, Arizona 3'delegates.

Total electors and' delegates,

the four sets of cards known as flag, barrner, star, and eagle each represent From the foregoing it will be noted thatv one hundred and twenty-five electoral votes,

and a total of iive hundred votes for the four sets, and since there are four hundred and seventy-six votes to be cast in the national electoral college the votes of the territorial cards will not be counted in playing the game. Y

In layin the ame the cards are ro erl shuiildd andgfourgcards are dealt outptoleacli player. Should any one of the players hold the four cards of a State-that is to say, one eagle card, one iag card, one banner card, and one star card-he may count the electoral vote of such State for any candidate he may choose.l Should none of the players get a full set, each player in turn may call for the card desired of any player he thinks may have it, and if he gets the card wanted he is entitled to another call for a card, and so on until he fails, when he is entitled to a draw from the deck or pack of cards. If he should fail to draw the card he desires, then the play passes to the next player, who proceeds in like manner. VDuring the progress of the game if any player should secure enough votes to elect a candidate of his choice he stops the game and counts out his majority vote by adding up the total of his cards. The names on the cards are intended to include persons likely to be chosen as Presidential candidates at the national conventions.

When the game is played with the letterblocks, (shown in Fig. 5,) procedure" may be as follows: There are iifty letter-blocks used, and this number of letters is sufiicient to spell out the names of all the States and Territories, one at a time. These blocks are shufiled with their Jfaces down, and each player selects four blocks. Then the cards are shuffled and placed on the table, face down. Now should one of the players have the letterblocks t, X, a, s, he turns over the top card of the deck, and should it be a Texas card he would be entitled to a draw from the blocks in the endeavor to secure the letter e to complete the word Texas, and should he receive it he would be entitled to count the eighteen votes of that State for a candidate of his choice. Should he fail to complete the spelling of the State by the block drawn, the play passes to the next player, and so on.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that my game is one which will be interesting to many persons, since it permits each player to select a candidate and endeavor to elect him by means requiring both judgment and skill.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A card apparatus comprising a deck of cards, each card having thereon the name of a State or Territory, the number of electoral votes and a designating symbol, the names of four representative men, said cards being subdivided into separate sets or series, and a series of letter-blocks containing the number of letters necessary to spell all the names of the States and Territories, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES HARRISON NOONAN.

Witnesses:

J. A. SMITH, J. W. SHIGLEY. 

